by Patrick Londergan | Nov 14, 2022 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in...
by Patrick Londergan | Nov 8, 2022 | Aerospace
Editor’s note: Maj. Nicole Pearl was a Blue Horizons Fellow in 2021 who served as co-lead on Project FIERCE. She is now an innovative solutions strategist at Air Force Futures. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — Jet fuel relies on a complex network of...
by Patrick Londergan | Nov 8, 2022 | News, Space
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates held their 2022 Innovation Awards ceremony in Albuquerque, Oct. 20, 2022, marking the fifth annual recognition of AFRL inventors and partners in...
by Patrick Londergan | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Space
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The SpaceWERX Orbital Prime program awarded 124 Phase 1 contracts from June 15 to Sept. 22, 2022, each with a five-month term valued at $250,000. Orbital Prime, which is the first space effort under the SpaceWERX...
by AFRL PA | Nov 1, 2022 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Department of Defense STARBASE NM program, managed through the AFRL STEM Academy, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, received accolades and certification to the highest level, for its...
by AFRL PA | Nov 1, 2022 | News, Space
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) — The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recognized the 25th anniversary of one AFRL at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2022, with a celebration led by AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and...